Friday, September 24, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Chuck Jones: That's not all, folks! - Roger Ebert's Journal
Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912 - February 22, 2002) was one of the great figures of Hollywood's Golden Age, creating perfect films, all about six minutes long. They were called Looney Tones, or Merrie Melodies, or cartoons, but when the three on this page were placed in the National Movie Registry, they were also called masterpieces.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
State of the Art - Despite Tradeoffs, Apple’s New iPods Beguile Again - NYTimes.com
"The built-in mike and speaker make the Touch a Wi-Fi cellphone. Apps like Skype or Line2 let you make free or cheap phone calls whenever you’re in a Wi-Fi hot spot. (The speaker’s on the bottom, so you can’t really hold it to your ear, but the speakerphone or Apple’s $30 earbuds work fine.) And using a free app like TextFree, you can send all the text messages you like without paying the phone company anything."
Friday, September 10, 2010
20 rules to live by for cheapskates
"Save money by buying expensive paint. It may sound goofy, but as Tom Kraeutler, WalletPopper and host of the syndicated radio program, The Money Pit Home Improvement Show, insists, 'Always buy good quality paint, even if it costs a little more. Cheap paint doesn't last, and since most of the work is labor, your cost-per-year is a lot less if you buy better paint.'"